Prague view from the Banks of the Vltava River
View from the Tower Atelier Kokoschka at the "Moldauländle" (Old Town - shore, between the National Theatre and Charles Bridge) over the Moldova to the "Kleinseite": left the Petrin Hill, right the Charles Bridge, behind the Hradcany.
Designation front, bottom right: OK; designation back / stand area: outer frame top left (handschriftl. , blue) : "K 49 B 1" (or : K 49/31 ? ); Outer frame above (handwritten, white): "E 3 310X..F 1220" (?, not quite legible); Outer frame right bottom (handwritten, white): "MARLBOROUGH"; Outer frame bottom (handwritten, white, upside-down): HAMBURG"; outer frame left (handwritten, yellow): "181" (not very legible); Stretcher top left: Sticker "Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 39 Old Bond Street, London W1", labled with unitspan 88 x 115 cm, dated 1936/37 , No 1657 and english entitled "Prague view from the Banks of the Vltava River", designation handwritten (pencil)" 15500 GBP"; Stretcher top left: little white price tag: "52,000 USD". On the canvas top left: two round stamps (Customs stamp); exhibition label Bielefeld in 1995 and Guggenheim.
Werkverzeichnis nicht verzeichnet / Wingler-Nachtragsliste 307A.
Kat. NG, Berlin 1968, S. 121; Kokoschka. A retrospective exhibition of paintings, drawings, lithographs, stage designs and books, organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain, The Tate Gallery, London 1962, Nr. 122, Abb. 34, S. 69, datiert 1936, Leihgeber "Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London"; Moderne Kunst des 19. und 20. Jh. aus schweizerischen und ausländischen Privatsammlungen, Auktionskatalog Klipstein und Kornfeld Bern 8.6.1961, Nr. 59, S. 116; Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen (Hrsg.) Oskar Kokoschka, Emigrantenleben Prag und London 1934-1953, Ausst. Kat. Prag und Bielefeld 1994/95, S. 277, Nr. 16; Jan Tomes, Oskar Kokoschka. Prag, o. D. (1965), S. 46, Nr. 11, Abb. S. 47
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